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Is trachea cancer curable?

Is trachea cancer curable?

Tracheal cancer may be able to be cured if it is diagnosed early, before it has spread to nearby tissues or lymph nodes. About 10% of cases of tracheal cancer have tumors that are able to be completely removed.

tracheal tumors

Tumors of the trachea (lung stubble – Trachea) are relatively rare. Benign tumors are common in children, while in adults the most common are malignant tumors. Most of the tumors originate in the bronchus itself and are called “primary tracheal tumors”. Secondary tracheal tumors have different sources (eg, thyroid cancer, throat/larynx cancer , lung cancer , and esophageal/pharyngeal cancer), and they are usually from neighboring affected organs from which the tumor spreads to the trachea. As for the spread of metastases due to tumors of organs far from the trachea, it is not uncommon.

Symptoms of tracheal tumors

The most common symptom in patients with tracheomas is shortness of breath, which appears both during exertion and at rest. This symptom (Symptom) indicates that the tumor has narrowed the lumen of the trachea to one third of its original diameter. Another distinctive and typical symptom is the sapphire. Sometimes, the patient is treated for asthma (Asthma) for a certain period before the discovery of a tumor in the trachea. This tumor does not cause pain, except occasionally, which makes it difficult to detect. Hemoptysis (Hemoptysis) is a classic display characteristic of squamous cell carcinoma (Squamous cell carcinoma).

Diagnosis of tracheal tumors

Tracheal tumors are diagnosed by computerized tomography (CT) . This method is effective in imaging the trachea cavity and the tumor inside it and estimating its size, in order to determine whether it has spread outside the trachea or not, and whether there are swollen lymph nodes near the tumor (indicating the progression of the disease and its advanced stage). The computed tomography method does not provide the possibility to distinguish between different types of tracheal tumors. For this purpose, a tissue biopsy is needed. Magnetic resonance imaging (Magnetic resonance imaging – MRI) can help, sometimes, at an additional estimate of the size of the tumor and the discovery of the spread of a malignant tumor into large blood vessels nearby.

As part of the diagnostic and evaluation procedures in preparation for surgery, a bronchoscopy is performed in order to look directly at the tumor within the trachea, and as needed a biopsy is taken from it. Performing a biopsy in this way carries a risk of bleeding from the tumor. In cases where the tumor is large, a blockage may occur in the tracheal lumen and this would be made worse by the bleeding. In light of these dangers, it is sometimes preferable to perform bronchoscopy in an operating room, either by misting the patient or under anesthesia, with the possibility of tracheal intubation as needed.

Tracheal tumors treatment

Tracheal tumors are treated with lumpectomy. When the tumors are benign, they are removed through bronchoscopy, laser burning or excision by surgery. As for malignant tumors, they are often removed by surgery, except in cases where the tumor is very widespread. Then the treatment is either radiotherapy or chemotherapy.

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